David Legard

Jean-Louis Gassee, founder and CEO of operating system company Be Inc., resigned Monday as the company winds up after being bought by handheld vendor Palm Inc. in August last year.

Electronic commerce, mobile telephony and telecommunication services will be three of the main drivers of the recovery of Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan) IT markets this year, according to market analyst International Data Corp. (IDC).

E-commerce, mobile telephony and telecom services will be three of the main drivers of the recovery of the Asia-Pacific IT markets this year, according to IDC.

The Goner worm which began circulating in Europe Tuesday has had limited impact in Asia, according to anti-virus vendors and specialist response teams in the region.

While telecommunication charges fall around the world as a result of increased competition, Australia is heading in the opposite direction with dominant carrier Telstra Corp. Ltd. sharply increasing mobile charges on Friday.

Australian second-tier telecommunication company Davnet Ltd. has pulled out of the broadband services market with the A$16 million (US$8.2 million) sale Monday of its operating subsidiary Davnet Telecommunications Pty. Ltd. (DavTel) to NTT Australia Pty. Ltd.

IT spending by companies worldwide in 2002 will be slightly lower than in 2001

Malaysia will not charge telecommunication companies an upfront license fee to operate 3G (third-generation) mobile phone services, given the problems licensing fees have caused elsewhere in the world, according to Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.